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ANALYSIS OF THE EMERGENCE AND EVOLUTION OF COLLECTIVE ACTION: AN EMPIRICAL CASE OF SPANISH GROUNDWATER USER ASSOCIATIONS
Author(s) -
Rica Marta,
LópezGunn Elena,
Llamas Ramón
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
irrigation and drainage
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1531-0361
pISSN - 1531-0353
DOI - 10.1002/ird.1663
Subject(s) - collective action , typology , groundwater , action (physics) , norm (philosophy) , resource (disambiguation) , groundwater resources , common pool resource , geography , computer science , political science , aquifer , economics , microeconomics , engineering , law , archaeology , politics , computer network , physics , geotechnical engineering , quantum mechanics
This paper analyses the emergence and evolution of collective action in relation to intensive groundwater user by looking at the case of groundwater user associations in Spain. The paper analyses the rules in norm or constitutional level and the typology of collective organizations, to then offer an empirical analysis of the main factors in the emergence and evolution of collective action in Spanish groundwater user associations. It identifies some key endogenous and exogenous factors that either facilitate or hinder collective action by groundwater users, as well as documenting their evolution through time towards a more diverse institutional range, partly explained by reaching increasing resource limits, which triggers looking for additional resources to minimize and manage risk and uncertainty. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.